Deaths in the 1850s

Giovanni Antonio Labus

1806–1857 (age 51)

monumental cemetery of Milan

Nineteenth-century sculptor whose artistic works contributed to Italian cultural heritage.

Frédéric Bastiat

1801–1850 (age 49)

San Luigi dei Francesi

Giovanni Serafini

1786–1855 (age 69)

Santa Maria in Cosmedin

Catholic priest who served in Rome during the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Louis Etienne François Héricart de Thury

1776–1854 (age 78)

San Luigi dei Francesi

David Vonwiller

1794–1856 (age 62)

English Cemetery, Naples

Merchant whose commercial activities spanned the early nineteenth century.

Keppel Craven

1779–1851 (age 72)

English Cemetery, Naples

Helen Ruthven Waterston

1841–1858 (age 17)

English Cemetery, Naples

Archduchess Anna, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Tuscany

1836–1859 (age 23)

Santa Chiara

Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies

1810–1859 (age 49)

Santa Chiara

King of the Two Sicilies whose reign encompassed a transformative period in Italian history.

Leopold, Prince of Salerno

1790–1851 (age 61)

Santa Chiara

Princess Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies

1818–1857 (age 39)

Santa Chiara

Princess of the Two Sicilies and member of the Bourbon royal family.

Raffaele Fornari

1787–1854 (age 67)

Santa Maria sopra Minerva

Robert Isaac Wilberforce

1802–1857 (age 55)

Santa Maria sopra Minerva

English theologian and son of William Wilberforce who devoted his life to ecclesiastical scholarship and reform.

Vincenzo Grazioli

1770–1857 (age 87)

Santa Maria sopra Minerva

Zénaïde Bonaparte

1801–1854 (age 53)

Santa Maria in Via Lata

French noblewoman and daughter of Joseph Bonaparte who navigated post-Napoleonic European society with intelligence and ...

Giuseppe Corà

1785–1855 (age 70)

San Miniato al Monte

Franz Ludwig Catel

1778–1856 (age 78)

Santa Maria del Popolo

German Neoclassical painter known for historical and religious compositions who spent his later years in Rome.

Pietro Girometti

1811–1859 (age 48)

Santa Maria del Popolo

Bernhard Galura

1764–1856 (age 92)

Brixen Cathedral

Austrian Catholic priest whose nearly seven-decade ministry made him a venerable spiritual leader in the Tyrol region.

Guglielmo Pepe

1783–1855 (age 72)

Cemetery of Poggioreale, Naples

Pietro Paolo Parzanese

1809–1852 (age 43)

Cemetery of Poggioreale, Naples

Italian writer of the nineteenth century whose works reflected the intellectual currents of the Risorgimento era.

Peter Francis Luard

1786–1857 (age 71)

English Cemetery, Florence

Jacques Augustin Galiffe

1776–1853 (age 77)

English Cemetery, Florence

Swiss writer and historian whose scholarly works preserved and interpreted the cultural heritage of Switzerland and Euro...

Princess Maria Christina of Saxony

1770–1851 (age 81)

Basilica of Superga

Archduchess Adelaide of Austria

1822–1855 (age 33)

Basilica of Superga

Austrian archduchess whose brief life exemplified the dignity and traditions of the Habsburg dynasty.

Maria Theresa of Austria

1801–1855 (age 54)

Basilica of Superga

Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Genoa

1822–1855 (age 33)

Basilica of Superga

Italian royal and military officer of the House of Savoy whose service exemplified the martial traditions of his dynasty...

Yegor Kovrigin

1819–1853 (age 34)

Protestant Cemetery, Rome

Barbara Rawdon-Hastings, Marchioness of Hastings

1810–1858 (age 48)

Protestant Cemetery, Rome

English noblewoman and naturalist whose intellectual pursuits advanced the study of natural history in nineteenth-centur...

August Wilhelm Pauli

1781–1858 (age 77)

Protestant Cemetery, Rome

Konstantin Grigorovich

1823–1856 (age 33)

Protestant Cemetery, Rome

Russian painter whose technical mastery and artistic contributions reflected the cultural development of nineteenth-cent...

Karl Bryullov

1799–1852 (age 53)

Protestant Cemetery, Rome

August Emil Braun

1809–1856 (age 47)

Protestant Cemetery, Rome

August Kestner

1777–1853 (age 76)

Protestant Cemetery, Rome

August Kestner was a German diplomat and art collector who served in the Hanoverian diplomatic service and died in Rome ...

Nils Blommér

1816–1853 (age 37)

Protestant Cemetery, Rome

Nils Blommér was a Swedish painter known for his romantic and mythological works who died in Rome at age 37.

Giacomo Luigi Brignole

1797–1853 (age 56)

Santa Cecilia in Trastevere

Giacomo Luigi Brignole was a Genoese nobleman and Catholic cardinal who served the Church in various capacities until hi...

Ferdinando Maria Pignatelli

1770–1853 (age 83)

Palermo Cathedral

Ferdinando Maria Pignatelli was a Neapolitan nobleman and Catholic cardinal who died in 1853 and was buried in Palermo C...

Tommaso Riario Sforza

1782–1857 (age 75)

Santi Apostoli

Tommaso Riario Sforza was a Neapolitan nobleman and Catholic cardinal from the prominent Sforza family who died in 1857.

Antonio Francesco Orioli

1778–1852 (age 74)

Santi Apostoli

Antonio Francesco Orioli was an Italian Catholic cardinal from Bagnacavallo who served the Church until his death in 185...

Ugo Pietro Spinola

1791–1858 (age 67)

San Martino ai Monti

Carlos de Borbón y Borbón-Parma

1788–1855 (age 67)

Trieste Cathedral

Carlos de Borbón y Borbón-Parma was a Spanish and Italian nobleman and politician of the early 19th century.

Franco Maccagnone

1807–1857 (age 50)

San Domenico, Palermo

Dominic Savio

1842–1857 (age 15)

Basilica of Our Lady Help of Christians

Dominic Savio was a young Italian Catholic known for his exceptional spiritual devotion and virtue, beatified by the Chu...

Carlo Romanò

1789–1855 (age 66)

Basilica of Sant'Abbondio

Giovanni Soglia Ceroni

1779–1856 (age 77)

Osimo Cathedral

Giovanni Soglia Ceroni was an Italian Catholic priest who served the Church during the late 18th and mid-19th centuries.

Clarissimo Falconieri Mellini

1794–1859 (age 65)

Ravenna Cathedral

Giovanni Domenico Mensini

1801–1858 (age 57)

Grosseto Cathedral

Giovanni Domenico Mensini was an Italian Catholic priest who served the Church during the 19th century.

Pier Grisologo Basetti

1790–1857 (age 67)

Imola cathedral

Stefano Pelloni

1824–1851 (age 27)

Certosa di Bologna

Stefano Pelloni was an Italian brigand whose criminal activities reflected the social turbulence of early 19th-century I...

August Wilhelm Boesen

1812–1857 (age 45)

Certosa di Bologna